Sunshade-gear for personal wear.



W. L. RIDOUT.

SUNSHADB GEAR FOR PERSONAL WEAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1908.

904,085. Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

WILLIAM LOUIS RIDOUT, OF LULING, TEXAS.

SUNSHADE-GEAR FOR PERSONAL WEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1'7, 1908.

Application filed May 22, 1908. Serial No. 434,408.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lViLLIaM L. RlDOUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Luling, in the county of Caldwell and State of Texas,haveinvented a new and useful Sunshade-Gear for Personal \Vear, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to sunshade gears for personal wear and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts ashereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a gear of the characterindicated which is adapted to be supported upon the shoulders of thewearer and the parts of which are so arranged as not to interfere withthe stooping or bending movement of the body on the part of the weareror to bind or interfere with the act of respiration.

The gear is especially adapted to be used by persons working upon farmsand with this idea in view the parts are arranged so that the shouldersmay be used for supporting or carrying implements on and the hands andarms of the wearer are left free and unobstructed, at the same time thefree movement of the head is not interfered with nor is the visionobstructed and the parts are so arranged that the wearer may smoke andbe at liberty to turn the head without danger of bringing an articleheld in the mouth in contact with any of the parts of the gear.

The gear consists primarily of a relatively rigid staff having at itslower end laterally disposed anticlinal branches. A shade is mountedupon the upper portion of the staff. Flexible metallic strips formsaddles and are adapted to fit snugly over the shoulder of the wearerand the said strips terminate at their ends above the waist line of thewearer and are provided with curled extremities. The lower end portionsof the said branches are attached to the rear portions of the saidstrips and a flexible metallic brace strip connects the rear portions ofthe first said strips together at a point below the points of attachmentof the branches of the staff therewith. A belt surrounds the chest ofthe wearer and lies in the curled extremities of the said saddle strips.

In the accompanying drawings r Figure 1 is a rear view of a personhaving the sunshade applied to his shoulders, and Fig. 2 is a front viewof a person having the gear applied to his shoulders.

The sunshade gear consists of the staff 1 upon the upper end of which ismounted a shade 2. The lower end of the staff 1 is provided with thelaterally disposed branches 3. The said staff 1 and its branches 3 arerelatively rigid. The flexible metallic strips 4 form saddles and areadapted to fit snugly over the shoulders of the wearer. The lower endsof the said strips *ll terminate short of the waist line of the wearerand the extremities of the ends of the said strips are curled as at 5. Aflexible metallic strip 6 serves as a brace for the strips 4- and isattached at its end to the rear portions of the said strips 4. The bracestrip 6 is disposed transversely across the back of the wearer. Thelower ends of the branches 3 are attached to the rear portion of thestrips 4 at points above the points of attachment of the brace strip 6with the said saddle strips. The belt 7 is adapted to pass around thechest of the wearer and lies in the curled extremities 5 provided at theends of the saddle strips 4.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that a sunshade gearfor personal wear is provided the parts of which are so arranged as notto interfere with the free stooping or bending movement on the part ofthe wearer and also that the wearer may turn the head at liberty withoutdanger of encountering any of the parts of the gear at the same time theshade supporting parts are disposed at the back of the wearer and do notinterfere with his scope of vision. As the branches 3 of the staff 1 aredisposed or located below the upper line of the shoulders they are freeand may be used for carrying implements such as an ax or a scythethereon. As the strips 4 and 6 are flexible and fit snugly over theshoulder the resiliency of the said strips enable them to move duringthe act of breathing thus the proper function of the respiratory organsof the wearer are not interfered with.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters- Patent is A sunshade gear for personal wear comprising arelatively rigid staff having its lower end divided into laterallydisposed anticlinal branches, a shade mounted upon the upper portion ofthe staff, saddles adapted to fit snugly over the shoulders of thewearer, and which are provided at their opposite ends with curledextremities, the lower extremities of the branches of the staff being Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as attached to the rear portions ofthe saddle, a my own, I have hereto affixed my signature 1? flexiblemetallic strip connecting the rear in the presence of two Witnesses.

portions of the saddles together at points below the extremities of thebranches of the WILLIAM LOUIS RIDOUT' stafi', and a belt adapted to havecast-off en- Witnesses:

gagement with several or all of the curled L. A. RIDOUT,

extremities of the saddle. G. H. RIDoU'r.

